Colorado

Thelma and Louise(aka Mary and Donna) made it safely to and from Colorado last weekend. We left on Thursday about 11:45 (30 minutes late) and made it to Sloan, Iowa at the WinnVegas casino around 5. Mary had an appt there so I waited while she sold. She got done around 7. It wasn't bad except for the smoke and the noise. I finally went into the restaurant where there was no smoking. We decided to just eat there at the buffet and then hit the road again. We drove as far as York, Nebraska and got a room there about 11:30. We were up again at 6:15 and on the road by 7. We made it to Blackhawk, which is west of Denver, up in the mountains, around 1:00. Mary's appt there wasn't til 2 so we got a bite to eat and then she went to her appt. I again waited for her to get done. Their casino was much bigger and nicer than WinnVegas. And no smoking!!!! Iowa really needs to ban smoking in their casinos. Mary's appt was lasting longer than I thought it would. I finally got a hold of Adam and he was going to come up to get me but the traffic was unreal so we decided he would meet us in Boulder. It was amazing the steady stream of people checking into the hotel at the casino. I can see why Adam didn't want to drive up in all that traffic. Besides taking him way longer than driving to Boulder. So Mary finally finished around 6, we packed her up and headed up to Boulder. I would meet Adam and she was going on up to Fort Collins to Luke's. Adam and I got back to Denver around 8. We picked up Joelle and went out to eat. Japanese Hibachi. It was very good. We went back to the apartment and crashed. It was so good to see Adam and Joelle. On Sat we slept in and then went to try to get some breakfast. The place we were going to try had people waiting in line outside. We then just went to a coffee shop, had coffee, and sat and visited. Joelle went to yoga and Adam and I headed up to Fort Collins. I stayed at Luke's the next 2 nights cause Adam and Joelle had a concert on Sat night and were going out for her birthday on Sun night. We stopped in Boulder and had lunch on our way up to Fort Collins. It was just nice spending time with Adam and visiting. I didn't care what we did. I am so happy that he is happy. I was glad that we could talk. I don't get that chance that often anymore. Denver was definitely a good move for him. I will keep praying that he keeps going in the right direction and that he makes choices that are good. He went back around 5 and then came back up to FC Sun afternoon to spend time with me again. I did leave my pillow at their apt but I told him it was an accident. Didn't mean for him to have to come back up. But he did and I was glad again to see him and spend time with him. I also met one of his former girlfriends. Stephanie somebody. Very nice girl. She is working for Luke now and is going to sell for Mary in the FC area. We spent the rest of Sunday at Falbo's. Luke had a Grateful Dead open mic that night. Different. But cool I guess. Not your usual group of people. We were also at Luke's on Sat night. He was way busy. We helped out like moms do. Just made sure to stay out of the way when they were running around making pizza and everything. He said it was his best weekend yet. I told Mary we were good luck. But we can't come out every weekend. All in all it was a great weekend. I got to see Adam. (and Joelle) Mary and I had a great time talking and we still like each other after 24 hours in the car with each other. Definitely would do it again.